CLI Reference

Alice

“Alice the Policy Authority” management commands.

(nucypher)$ nucypher alice ACTION [OPTIONS]

Alice Command Actions

Action	Description
init	Create a brand new persistent Alice.
config	View and optionally update an existing Alice’s configuration.
destroy	Delete existing Alice’s configuration.
decrypt	Decrypt data encrypted using an Alice’s policy encrypting key
derive-policy-pubkey	Derive a policy public key from a policy label.
grant	Create and enact an access policy for some Bob.
make-card	Create a character card file for public key sharing.
public-keys	Obtain Alice’s public verification and encryption.
revoke	Revoke a policy.
run	Start Alice’s HTTP controller.

Bob

“Bob the Data Recipient” management commands.

(nucypher)$ nucypher bob ACTION [OPTIONS]

Bob Command Actions

Action	Description
init	Create a brand new persistent Bob.
config	View and optionally update an existing Bob’s configuration.
destroy	Delete existing Bob’s configuration.
retrieve	Obtain plaintext from encrypted data, if access was granted.
make-card	Create a character card file for public key sharing.
public-keys	Obtain Bob’s public verification and encryption.
run	Start Bob’s HTTP controller.

Enrico

“Enrico the Encryptor” management commands.

(nucypher)$ nucypher enrico ACTION [OPTIONS]

Enrico Command Actions

Action	Description
encrypt	Encrypt a message under a given policy public key.
run	Start Enrico’s HTTP controller.

Stake

Manage stakes and other staker-related operations.

(nucypher)$ nucypher stake ACTION [OPTIONS]

Stake Command Actions

Action	Description
init-stakeholder	Create a new stakeholder configuration
create	Initialize NuCypher stakes (used with --value and --duration)
increase	Increase an existing stake’s value
list	List active stakes for current stakeholder
accounts	Show ETH and NU balances for stakeholder’s accounts
bond-worker	Bond a worker to a staker
unbond-worker	Unbond worker currently bonded to a staker
collect-reward	Withdraw staking compensation from the contract to your wallet
divide	Create a new stake from part of an existing one
restake	Manage automatic reward re-staking
prolong	Prolong an existing stake’s duration
winddown	Manage winding down of stakes
snapshots	Manage taking snapshots
mint	Mint last portion of reward
merge	Merge two stakes into one
remove-inactive	Remove inactive stake
events	View StakingEscrow blockchain events associated with a staker

Stake Command Options

Option	Description
--value	Stake value (optional)
--duration	Stake duration of extension (optional)
--index	Stake index (optional)

Re-stake Command Options

Option	Description
--enable	Enable re-staking
--disable	Disable re-staking
--lock-until	Enable re-staking lock until release period

Ursula

“Ursula the Untrusted” PRE Re-encryption node management commands.

(nucypher)$ nucypher ursula ACTION [OPTIONS]

Ursula Command Actions

Action	Description
init	Create a brand new persistent Bob.
config	View and optionally update an existing Ursula’s configuration.
destroy	Delete existing Bob’s configuration.
forget	Delete all stored peer metadata.
save-metadata	Manually write node metadata to disk without running.
run	Start Ursula.

Cloudworkers

Manage worker and other staker-related operations on cloud infrastructure.

(nucypher)$ nucypher cloudworkers ACTION [OPTIONS]

Cloudworkers Command Actions

Action	Description
up	Creates and deploys hosts for all active local stakers.
create	Creates and deploys the given number of hosts independent of stakes
add	Add an existing host to be managed by cloudworkers CLI tools
add_for_stake	Add an existing host to be managed for a specified local staker address
deploy	Install and run Ursula on existing managed hosts.
update	Update or manage existing installed Ursula.
destroy	Shut down and cleanup resources deployed on AWS or Digital Ocean
stop	Stop the selected nodes.
status	Prints a formatted status of selected managed hosts.
logs	Download and display the accumulated stdout logs of selected hosts
backup	Download local copies of critical data from selected installed Ursulas
restore	Reconstitute and deploy an operating Ursula from backed up data
list_hosts	Print local nicknames of all managed hosts under a given namespace
list_namespaces	Print namespaces under a given network

Status

Echo a snapshot of live NuCypher Network metadata.

(nucypher)$ nucypher status ACTION [OPTIONS]

Status Command Actions

Action	Description
events	Show events associated to NuCypher contracts.
fee-range	Provide information on the global fee range.
locked-tokens	Display a graph of the number of locked tokens over time.
network	Overall information of the NuCypher Network.
stakers	Show relevant information about stakers.